{"id":3456,"date":"2018-04-03T13:52:40","date_gmt":"2018-04-03T18:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=3456"},"modified":"2018-04-03T13:49:25","modified_gmt":"2018-04-03T18:49:25","slug":"meet-hope-paulos-a-scholar-a-techie-and-a-musician","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=3456","title":{"rendered":"Meet Hope Paulos, a Scholar, a Techie and a Musician"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6270\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3456-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/HopePaulos.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/HopePaulos.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/HopePaulos.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>Blind Abilities often presents interviews with people whose stories inspire us to escalate our goals and expectations of ourselves, and which motivate us to be better citizens of the blindness community. Today we feature one such individual. Today we introduce Hope Paulos. Hope shows us her persistence and insistence on excelling in school, with two Bachelors degrees and three Masters-level Certificates, her thoughts on education and advice for transition-aged teens, her well-rounded lifestyle as a runner, an<!--more--><br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aira.io\">Aira<\/a> Explorer and a musician, and her overall attitude towards life and living. Join Jeff and Pete as they explore Hope\u2019s story, and sit back and allow it to inspire and motivate you as well!<\/p>\n<p>Reach out to Hope with any questions or comments via <a href=\"mailto:Hope.Paulos@Gmail.Com\">email<\/a><br \/>\nOn Twitter <a href=\"http:\/\/Http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/Fidelco4Ever\">@Fidelco4Ever<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Thank you for listening!<br \/>\nYou can follow us on Twitter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/blindabilities\">@BlindAbilities<\/a><br \/>\nOn the web at <a href=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\">www.BlindAbilities.com<\/a><br \/>\nSend us an <a href=\"mailto:info@blindabilities.com\">email<\/a><br \/>\nGet the <a href=\"https:\/\/appsto.re\/us\/demUab.i\">Free Blind Abilities App<\/a> on the App Store.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6272\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3456-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/HopePaulos.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/HopePaulos.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/HopePaulos.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/HopePaulos.mp3Blind Abilities often presents interviews with people whose stories inspire us to escalate our goals and expectations of ourselves, and which motivate us to be better citizens of the blindness community. Today we feature one such individual. Today we introduce Hope Paulos. Hope shows us her persistence and insistence on excelling in school, with two [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[17,263],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bapresents","category-college"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Blind-Abilities-Logo.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6rcRg-TK","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3402,"url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=3402","url_meta":{"origin":3456,"position":0},"title":"An Aira Update: With Greg Stilson, Aira Agents, Leadership and Explorers","author":"Blind Abilities Team","date":"March 15, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"blind Abilities presents an update on all things Aira. 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